Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Groulx
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 161-167
Description
Poetry, excerpt from Always a Broken Sleep: in the days I was known as Papillon.
Lord Melgund and the North-West Campaign of 1885
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gilbert John Murray Kynynmond Elliot
Carman Miller
Saskatchewan History, vol. 22, no. 3, Autumn, 1969, pp. [81]-108
Description
Melgund was Major-General Middleton’s Chief of Staff during the North-West Resistance; his diary contains a detailed description of the campaign’s logistics and daily manoeuvers written from the vantage of the Commanding Officer’s camp.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 81.
Making the Leap: The Poetry of César Vallejo and Ralph Salisbury
Alternate Title
Making the Leap: The Poetry of Cesar Vallejo and Ralph Salisbury
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Crystal K Alberts
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 69-96
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author examines and compares the works of César Vallejo and Ralph Salisbury in the context of the authors’ relationships to Imagist and Surrealist movements, and their individual lived experiences and cultural backgrounds.
"Mami To Nit Hi Tam O Win": "Reminiscing"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juanita Linklater
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 237-239
Description
Poem translated into Woods Cree.
Māori as "Warriors" and "Locals" in the Private Military Industry
Alternate Title
Maori as "Warriors" and "Locals" in the Private Military Industry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Bargh
Quentin Whanau
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 102-117
Description
Comments on how Māori are not predominantly seen and do not predominantly speak about themselves as "warriors".
Māori Nurses' Experiences of the Nursing Entry to Practice Transition Programme
Alternate Title
Maori Nurses' Experiences of the Nursing Entry to Practice Transition Programme
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Foxall
Rachel Forrest
Salome Meyer
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 246-255
Description
Discusses themes which emerged under work environment and experiences in the program categories.
Marketing Desire: The "Normative/Other" Male Body and the "Pure" White Female Body on the Cover Art of Cassie Edwards' Savage Dream (1990), Savage Persuasion (1991), and Savage Mists (1992)
Theses
Author/Creator
Victoria Lessard
Description
Art History Thesis (MA) -- McGill University, 2017.
The Meaning of Written English: A Place to Dream as One Pleases
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reid Gómez
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 93-114
Description
Compares two different editions of Emerson Blackhorse Mitchell’s book Miracle Hill: The Story of a Navajo Boy (1967 and 2004) and discusses how the readers' perceptions of the same text can be influenced by introductions and forewords.
The Medicine Pipe of the Blood Indians
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he discusses the significance of the Medicine Pipe.
Medicine through Comics: Wheels Are Turning on the Road to Healing: Native Americans through the Lens of Francophone Graphic Novels
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathalie Bleser
Description
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Mexico, 2017.
Medicine Unbundled: A Journey through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gary Geddes
Medicine Unbundled: A Journey through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 4, August-September 2017, pp. 54-55
Description
Book review of Medicine Unbundled by Gary Geddes.
Mi'kmaq Creation Story
Documents & Presentations
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Missing Nimâmâ: Guide for Secondary Classroom Use
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Spencer Miller
Description
Includes introduction, summary, close reading questions, and classroom activities. Picture book by Melanie Florence and illustrated by François Thisdale tells the story of a young girl growing up without her mother and was inspired the stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Mite Achimowin (Heart Talk): First Nations Women Expressions of Heart Health Study
Alternate Title
Voices from the Field Podcast Series ; 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorena Fontaine
Annette Schultz
Lisa Forbes
Description
Transcript of podcast series, Voices from the Field, Episode 4.
Provides perspectives of First Nations women regarding heart health.
Full podcast.
Mite Achimowin (Heart Talk): [First Nations Women Expressions of Heart Health Study]
Alternate Title
Voices From the Field Series ; 4
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lorena Fontaine
Annette Schultz
Lisa Forbes
Description
Podcast provides perspectives of First Nations women regarding heart health.
Duration: 14:35.
Full Transcript.
Moon
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells of the Blood legend about the origin of the moon, sun and morning star.
Muscogee Nation Indian Territory: From Oral History to Found Poetry
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Treat
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Presents three poems that address key moments in Muscogee history: origins, removal and statehood.
Napi Stories
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
N.B. the translator notes that the Napi stories in this document are inaccurate and are told in a confusing way.
Narrating Intimate Partner Violence: Reclaiming Indigenous Women's Voices
Theses
Author/Creator
Chen Vu
Description
Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Narrative Possession in Stephen Graham Jones's Ledfeather
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leah Pennywark
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. [89]-110
Description
Looks at themes of possession and history in the frontier gothic novel.
The National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
The National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education
Description
Website includes links to stories about Indigenous education, maps, resource library with searchable catalogue, Indigenous languages, teaching resource centre, and knowledge space featuring interviews with Elders and leaders, and video and audio playlists on various topics.
"National Memory" and Its Remainders: Labrador Inuit Counterhistories of Residential Schooling
Alternate Title
Power through Testimony: Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Arie Molema
Description
Draws on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork, including participant observation at Truth and Reconciliation Commission national events and 50 interviews with former students who have been denied recognition and compensation under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
Chapter from Power through Testimony: Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation edited by Brieg Capitaine and Karine Vanthuyne.
Native American Mystery, Crime and Detective Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Stoecklein
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2017.
Looks at novels by Linda Hogan, Tom Holm, Frances Washburn, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens, and Tony Hillerman, and films by Chris Eyre.
[Native Education Resource LIst]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Education and Aboriginal Services
SD #78 (Fraser-Cascade)
Description
Extensive list of storybooks and novels, colour-coded for grade level and annotated.
Natoas Bundle
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
Dave Melting Tallow
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview about the story of the Natoas bundle. The girl who married a star, gave birth to a child and then returned to earth.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
Ngapartji Ngapartji: Finding Ethical Approaches to Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, Australian Perspectives
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gina Louise Hawkes
David Pollock
Barry Judd
Peter Phipps
Elinor Assoulin
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 17-41
Description
Article explores the process of integrating ethical research frameworks for engaging Indigenous communities into academic institutions. Authors use five personal vignettes to examine the potential pitfalls related to integrating Indigenous values knowledge systems with Western legal practices.
A Night at Hideaway Cove: Lesson Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda Boreham
Description
Book about the nighttime activities of animals on the Pacific Northwest coast. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade Four.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E.R. Jakobsen … [et al.]]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
Nipi and Mother Earth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Primary reading level storybook.
No Takebacks
Alternate Title
No take backs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Graham Jones
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 139-169
Description
Short fiction piece. When two friends develop an app for mobile devices the results are much different than they expect.
The "Noble Savage" in American Music and Literature, 1790-1855
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacob Mathew Somers
Description
Music History and Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2017
Refers to James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, Henry Russell's "The Indian Hunter", and Henry Woodsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha .
A Northern Lawyer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessi Casebeer
Northern Review, no. 50, Law in the Canadian North, April 07, 2020, pp. 191-193
Description
Author’s personal reflections and commentary on the practice of Canadian law in Northern communities. Discusses issues of dislocation from local languages and peoples, and the general transience of law professional working in the North.
Northern Literature: Look Here, Look Again
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen Long
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 5-8
Description
Introduction to the special literary issue.
Oh Canada, Whose Home and Native Land? Negotiating Multicultural, Aboriginal and Canadian Identity Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Momina Khan
Michael Cottrell
Education Matters: The Journal of Teaching and Learning, vol. 5, no. 1, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the need to restructure the social studies curriculum that allows for more voices and narratives to be heard.
The Ojibwe Who Slew the Wiindigo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses colonization, historical trauma and historical loss symptoms.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
Oliver Adams and Livina Lightbrown
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Oliver Adams
Lavina Lightbrown
Lavina Lightbown
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that discusses the changes occurring in Haida culture. NOTE: Lavina Lightbrown probably Lavina Lightbown
Oliver Adams and Livina Lightbrown #2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Oliver Adams
Lavina Lightbrown
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that is essentially a general discussion on the conflicts between generations.
On the Shoulders of a Giant: Traditional Story Study
Alternate Title
Inuktut Titiqqiriniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inhabit Education
Description
Geared toward Grades 3 and 4. Humorous story of Inukpak, a giant who adopts an Inuit hunter because he thinks he is a child.
Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ezekiel Gow
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 174-175
Description
Book review of Once They Were Hats by Frances Backhouse.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 174.
One Writer, Becoming
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Lord
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 9-17
Description
Author is presented with letters written to a friend 40 years previously and reflects on her younger self.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The Opinions of Ambulance Personnel Regarding Using a Heated Mattress for Patients Being Cared for in a Cold Climate - An Intervention Study in Ambulance Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonas Aléx
Tom Uppstu
Britt-Inger Saveman
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1379305
Description
Ambulance personnel from northern Sweden rate their experiences as being positive for patient comfort.
Our Smallest Warriors, Our Strongest Medicine: Overcoming COVID-19
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristin Masten
Tara Maudrie
Victoria O'Keefe
Description
Storybook designed to be read by caregivers, parents, and teachers to children affected by the pandemic.